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The intraspecific variability of Proteocephalus exiguus, a common fish cestode, was studied by the random amplified polymorphic DNA method. Isolates from four distant localities and four host species were investigated using eight arbitrary decamer oligonucleotides as primers. A relatively high variation of RAPD fingerprints from individual strobila was detected. The constant fragments observed in all isolates detected by eight primers characterized the species studied.
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Received: 20 September 1995 / Accepted: 7 December 1995
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Král’ová, I., Špakulová, M. Intraspecific variability of Proteocephalus exiguus La Rue, 1911 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) as studied by the random amplified polymorphic DNA method. Parasitol Res 82, 542–545 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050159
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050159